Garment hanger



E. FRENKLER GARMENT HANGER Feb. 23, 1932.

Filed March 14, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 23, 1932. E. FRENKLER1,847,056

GARMENT HANGER Filed March 14. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR PatentedFeb. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EMIL FRENKIQER, 0F ARLINGTONHEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB, BY KESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO I.SPOONHOL'IZ, OF DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS GARMENT HANGER Application fliedlarch 14, 1931. Serial No. 522,565.

The present invention relates to garment hangers generally, and moreparticularly to hangers of this class which are especially suited tosupporting a coat and trousers.

One object of the invention is to rovide a garment hanger comprisingseparab e main and auxiliary members which may be completelymanufactured independently of each other and then readily assembled bythe user, or another, without the use of special tools.

Another object is to so design the composite hanger that the main membermay be a complete hanger in itself, and the auxiliary member may bepositioned or removed as desired.

Another object is to provide main and auxiliary members such that thetwomay be assembled or disassembled merely by distorting the mainmember, which is made sufficiently resilient for the purpose, so as toreduce its length to enable it to be entered at its ends into, orwithdrawn from; retaining loops on the auxiliary member.

Another object is to so construct the auxiliary member that it may beused with a main member of well known and standard design, thusproviding the new composite hanger merely by making the auxiliary memberand putting it in place on the well known main member.

Another object is to provide a simple and inexpensive structure whichwill carry a coat and trousers in good form, and will hold the trousersin proper position to keep the creases therein.

Another object is to provide a hanger structure of the kind mentionedwherein all the parts, if desired, may be made of wire.

Another object is to provide a hanger wherein the auxiliary member neednot be resilient but may be rigid throughout, the resiliency forassembly bging provided by resilient portions of the main member. Insuch case the rigid member need not be made of wire, but may be composedof wood or other material provided with the necessary loops forreceiving the ends of the main member.

With these objects in View, the invention finds embodiment in a hangerhaving wire arms united at shoulder points to a transverse memberpreferably also of wire, and preferably also integral with said arms, incombination with an auxiliary member having loops at its ends forreceiving the ends of the main member. The transverse member of the mainhanger and the auxiliary member 00- o erate to engage trousers, or thelike, carried by the hanger. In amembling the parts, the main member isdistorted so as to reduce its length and bring its ends toward eachother far enough to enable them to be slipped into the loops of theauxiliary member.

These and other objects, features and advantages of the invention willbe more fully understood upon reference to the following detaileddescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, whilethe scope of the invention will be particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In said drawings, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the main member of thecomposite hanger structure, constructed and arranged in accordance withthe present invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the auxiliarymember forming part of the composite hanger; Fig. 3 is an elevation ofone end of'the auxiliary member, a portion of the same being shown insection taken on a plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 isan elevation of the two members of the composite hanger occupying aposition wherein the main memher is contracted so as to reduce itslength sufficiently to pass its ends into the loops of the auxiliarymember; Fig. 5 is an elevation of a modified auxiliary member, having anoffset portion which enables the more ready placing of trousers, or thelike, in position upon the hanger; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of amodified structure wherein the ends of the main member are bent outwardto give support to coat shoulders and wherein the auxiliary member isprovided with modified loops which will enable the more ready assemblingof this composite hanger; Fig. 7

of Fig. 1 is employed with a modified auxiliary member ilg. 9 is anelevational V ew of parts of this anger, the section being taken on aplane indicated by the line 9 9 5 of Fig. 8; and Fig. 10 is aperspective view of one end of amodified auxiliary member showing theuse of wire terminals and an mtermedlate wooden shank. Throughout theseviews like characters refer to like parts.

In said drawings, A designates the main member of the composite hanger,and B the auxiliary member. In the modifications, A desi ates a mainmember similar to the 'memai er A, but having its ends bent and itsplane through its ends, and B designates an auxiliary member similar tothe member B,

but having a central depressed portion, B,

an auxiliary member similar to the member B but having its end loopsmodified so as to enable assembly upon the main member A, B designates afurther modification wherein the auxiliary member has its endloops'somewhat differently disposed, and B, a composite auxiliary memberpartly composed of wood and partly of wire.

The main member A is preferably comosed of wire throughout. In theinstance illustrated, a single piece of wire is bent up to form theentire member. As clearly shown, the ends of the wire are twisted at 10to form a complete loop, and one of the wires is extended and bent so asto form the hook 11 by which the hanger may be suspended on a support.The loop formed out of the wire comprises the inclined garmentsupporting arms 12, 13, the lower straight member 14, and the outerrounded ends 15, 16. Where a coat is hung upon the member A, the ends 15and 16 extend into the shoulders, and the horizontal member 14 serves tocarry the trousers, or other garment placed upon the hanger. The memberA is of well known construction and, as before indicated, serves as themain element of the composite hanger which I have devised.

The auxiliary member B is also preferably made of wire and includes anelongated portion 17, inclined end portions 18, 19, and end loops 20,21. The end loops preferably lie in planes at right angles to the axisof the portion 17. These loops provide openings of suflicient size andproperly positioned to receive theends 15, 16, of the member A. The wayin which the end 16 fits into the loop 21 is clearly shown in Fig. 4.Because of the distance between the ends 15, 16 being greater than thedistance between the loops 20, 21, itbecomes necessary in assembling thetwo members to distort the main member A so as to bring the ends 15, 16near enough together to pass them into the loops 20, 21, as shown inFig. 4. There, the end 16 rests in the loop 21, and the end 15 is drawn85 inward far enough to enable it to be slipped center somewhat offsetwith reference to a" into the opening of the loop 20. All of this willbe clear from a consideration of Fig. 4. In order to bring the member Aback to normal, it will be necessary to draw downward upon thetransverse member 14 so as to brin it into its horizontal position. Thiswill cause the end 15 to pass into the loop 20. Then both ends 15, 16will remain in their loops 20, 21 until the member A is again distortedfor removal of the auxiliary member B.

As before indicated, the auxiliary member B is the same in constructionas the auxiliary member B, except that the horizontal portions 22 havean intervening ofiset portion 23. The outer ends of the portions 22 haveinclinations 18, 19 and end loops 20, 21, the same as theauxiliarymember B. When the parts are assembled, the portions 22 lie ad:jacent to the member 14 of the main hanger, and the offset 23 allows thehand to be passed more readily between the main and auxiliary members,and thus allows trousers, or a like garment, to'be brought more easilyinto posi tion between the members 14 and 22, to clamp them and thushold them suspended when the hanger is in use.

The main hanger'member A is made out of the member A. It has the sametwisted portion 10 and hook 11. The inclined portions 24, 25 may be, ifdesired, bent into a different plane from the corresponding portions ofthe member A. When this is done, the intervening member 26 is alsoslightly bent, as indicated in Fig. 6. Such a bending of the portions24, 25, 26, throws the ends 27, 28 slightly forward of the positionsthey would occupy, if the members 24, 25, 26 were all in the same plane,as in the case of the member A. To make the forwardly extending ends27,28, the ends 15, 16 of member A are bent outward, as clearlyindicated in Fig. 6. These ends 27, 28 are desirable, in some instances,to more perfectly hold the shoulders of the coat placed upon the hanger.

The auxiliary member B has horizontal portions 29 and an interveningoffset portion 30. Its ends are like the ends of the member B, but theloops 31, 32 do not provide openings which are so fully enclosed. Theportions which compose these loops 31, 32 are cut oil so as to provideshort hooks 33, 34. This change is made for the purpose of enabling theparts to be assembled with a less distortion than would be necessarywere the loops the same as the loops 20, 21. The bent ends 27. 28 on themember A prevent the latters being distorted to the same extent as themember A. However, the short hooks 33, 34 permit the parts to beproperly assembled upon a reasonable drawing upward on the transversemember 26 of the hanger A.

The auxiliary member B is the same as the auxiliary member B, except forthe end loops 35, 36. Here, the intervening portion 37 is adapted to lieclose to the intervening portion 14 of the main member A throughout itslength, due to the fact that there areno inclined portions like theportions 18, 19 of the auxiliary member B. In this instance, as before,the loops 35, 36 are positioned in planes substantially parallel to eachother and at right angles to the axis of the intervening portion 37. Theparts A and B are assembled in the same manner as the parts A and Bpreviously described.

In some instances, it may be desirable to use a composite structure forthe auxiliary member, such as the member B. The latter includes acentral rod or piece 38 of wood or like material, and at its ends areloops, such as the loop 39, formed of wire, the same as the loops 35,36. The wire 40 upon which the loop 39 is formed, obviously would extendbut a short distance into the end of the member 38, as clearly indicatedin Fig. 10.

It will be apparent that in carrying out my invention, still otheralterations and modifications may be made without departing 5 from thespirit and scope of the invention. I-

therefore do not wish to be limited to the particular forms illustratedand described, but aim to cover by the terms of the appended claims allthose alterations and modifications which rightly come within thepurview of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by a patent of the UnitedStates is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a pair loops at its ends, said loopsbeing a distance apart less than the length of said main memher andbeing adapted to fit over the angular end portions of said main memberwhen the latter is distorted to bring its endportions near enoughtogether to enter the loops of said auxiliary member.

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of garment supporting arms and an intervening supporting memberextending between said arms, and a clamping member cooperating with saidintervening supporting member to hold trousers or the like thereon, saidclamping member having angularly disposed loops at its ends for slippingover the ends of said arms when said ends are drawn toward each other,the distance between said loops being less than the normal distancebetween said ends.

2. A garment hanger comprising a resilient main hanger having supportingarms and an intervening supporting member, said arms and member beingresilient and easily moved toward each other to draw in the ends. ofsaid main hanger, and an auxiliary memberhavan intervening supportingmember, said arms 1 C0 and member being composed of a single piece ofwire, which attachment comprises an elongated member having transverselydisposed loops at its ends capable of being slipped over the ends ofsaid hanger when the latter is distorted to bring its ends inward to a

